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EMERENZ MEIER HOUSE
“Our dream has come true,” enthuses Alex Nodes, chairman of the Emerenz-Meier-Haus-Verein (Emerenz Meier House Society). In 1997, dedicated citizens got together and founded the society which now has almost 250 members.
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Their aim was to rescue the house in the heart of Schiefweg where Emerenz Meier was born from falling into ruins and to establish an inn and a museum there. Four years later, the house was restored to its former glory after having been lovingly overhauled for € 700,000 in compliance with requirements for the protection of listed buildings.
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The society had to raise a further € 300,000 for the museum. Society members acquired over € 100,000 from private sponsors and the rest came from EU funds. The photography studio Seidel in Krumau supported the project as a cooperating partner in the Czech Republic.